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Get your checkbooks, Venmo accounts and Bitcoin ready. Château Lafite Rothschild is auctioning off select and rare lots direct from the Château. In other words, wines of perfect provenance, a point not to be taken lightly in the age of forgeries.

Here are the details.

In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the purchase of Château Lafite Rothschild by Baron James, an unprecedented auction has been organized with Zachy’s, a US and Hong Kong-based leading wine auction house.

The auction will be comprised of bottles solely from the château’s own cellars with vintages representing every decade of their ownership dating back to 1868. “Each vintage tells a different story: written by the hands of the people that made them, through wars, frost attacks and recessions.” Said Saskia de Rothschild, the new chairwoman of Chateau Lafite Rothschild. “Together with my father, we chose vintages for which we wanted to find new homes, straight from the Lafite cellars to yours.”

The auction will also include wines from Château L’Evangile, Duhart-Milon, Rieussec and Carruades de Lafite.

Among the rare, direct-from-château lots are:

-Large format imperials signed by Saskia de Rothschild (Chairwoman of Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite)) and her father, Baron Eric de Rothschild;

- A rare single bottle from 1868 housed in a wood case. This is one of a handful of bottles remaining at the Château. Baron James purchased the estate that year on the advice of his three sons but sadly died soon after the purchase and never had the opportunity to taste this first vintage. The winning bidder of this lot will also be invited to visit and have lunch at Château Lafite Rothschild;

- A single bottle of 1870 in a wood case with a wax capsule; It is said to be one of Lafites most mythical vintages which took 50 years to reach maturity and realize its full potential;

- Wines from iconic vintages including 1945, 1947, 1949, 1959, 1961, as well as modern wines from 1982 through current vintages, featured in a range of 750 ml to large format bottles;

All of the wines in the auction were stored without labels. The labels are specific to this auction with all vintages printed on modern, security paper and affixed with a prooftag to guarantee authenticity.

The auction will take place in New York City, on March 30, 2019, at Le Bernardin Privé at 153 W 51st St.